Finding solace in music and its soothing effects is a panacea of the bleeding hearts. Anguish, repulsion, revulsion against establishment and power, frustration, dismay and depression all finds solution there. The emphasis is more to the lyric and its ethos rather than the music embedded there.
Let us explore the frontiers of such music and sense it…..

Thursday, August 26, 2010

JASON MRAZ: TO NIGHT, NOT AGAIN [8]

Jason Thomas Mraz (pronounced /məˈræz/;[1] born June 23, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Mraz's stylistic influences include reggae, pop, rock, folk, jazz, bossa nova and hip hop.

Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, Mr. A-Z that Mraz achieved commercial success. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 200 and sold over one hundred thousand copies in the US. In 2008, Mraz released his third studio album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and was a commercial success worldwide, peaking in the top ten of many international charts. Mraz's international breakthrough came with the release of the first single from the album, "I'm Yours". The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Mraz his first top ten single. The song was on the Hot 100 for 76 weeks, beating the previous record of 69 weeks held by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live". The song was a huge commercial success in the US, receiving a triple-Platinum certification from the RIAA for sales of over three million.[2] The song was successful internationally, topping the charts in New Zealand and Norway and peaking in the top ten of multiple international charts.

1. I'M YOURS

Songwriters: Mraz, Jason;

Well you done done me and you bet I felt itI tried to be chill but you're so hot that I meltedI fell right through the cracks, now I'm trying to get back

Before the cool done run out I'll be giving it my bestestAnd nothing's going to stop me but divine interventionI reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some

But I won't hesitate no more, no moreIt cannot wait, I'm yours

Well open up your mind and see like meOpen up your plans and then you're freeLook into your heart and you'll find love love love love

Listen to the music of the moment people, dance and singWe're just one big familyAnd it's our God-forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved loved

So I won't hesitate no more, no moreIt cannot wait, I'm sureThere's no need to complicate, our time is shortThis is our fate, I'm yours

D-d-do do you, but do you, d-d-doBut do you want to come onScooch on over closer dearAnd I will nibble your ear

I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirrorAnd bending over backwards just to try to see it clearerBut my breath fogged up the glassAnd so I drew a new face and I laughed

I guess what I be saying is there ain't no better reasonTo rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasonsIt's what we aim to do, our name is our virtue

But I won't hesitate no more, no moreIt cannot wait, I'm yours

(I won't hesitate)Open up your mind and see like me(No more, no more)Open up your plans and man you're freeLook into your heart and you'll find that the sky is yours(It cannot wait, I'm sure)

So please don't, please don't, please don't(There's no need to complicate)There's no need to complicate(Our time is short)'Cause our time is short(This is our fate)This is, this is, this is our fateI'm yours

What's the worst thing that could happen?We could change our minds.That seems to be the hottest topic at this time.We are sitting around in the meditation, dragging, chasing,Wonderin? whose holdin? whose got the will to draw the line.

I know you've got something burning up inside,It's so unhealthy but so good for me, oh!Said if I didn't know, and if I didn't know, well if I didn't know that you loved me would you tell me?Well God only knows our contradiction's to quitting, is a hate to love relationship thing.A fire under you is so fulfilling,I fear there's nothing more.

I'm giving, giving you, the choke hold,My flirting with disaster is mighty loved.Ugggh you, you're so bold,My wanting to kiss you still is not enough.I'm getting over, all the comments.I'm feeling statements made by people are nonsense.I'm getting stronger, by the minute.

And once I slip into position I'll swing you and turn you all around.

You are the sweetest thing I've found since whenever,You're the only way my time is measured.You might be the silent type, But your appetizing louder now.It's crazy how you're killing me.Woo, you're killing me, but I like your

Red top and matching bottoms.You know the ones, the ones you got on,Pull them over your skinny selfBut don't cover your tattoo.Woo, cause I like to look at you, yeah,I love that smell on you,And I got your special place against this face for tasting too.

And I like it natural,No need for chemicals.Foggin' up my sensesYou're making me senselessYou're calling it sexual.

And you're going to get yours, my lady.Might even be today.And it ain't no thing because I'll be rolling right along with you-woo-woo.

You are the sweetest thing I've found since whenever.You're the only way my time is measured.You might be the silent type.But you're appetizing louder now.It's crazy how you're killing me.And give us both a break.And to give us back a taste when the way things were before they made the laws,And to give us both a chance,But it won't be the last romance cause when the weekend starts the guilty party's on.

The night.She brushed her hands upon my flushed cheekSmelled of childhood remnants of a dusty weeping willowClouds soothe, Shredded by the calicoWere oh so vast and quick as I was on my own now.

This time like every other time I believe that I never findAnother sweet little girl with sequined sea foam eyesOcean lapping voice smile coy as the brightest quiet span of skyAnd I'm all alone again tonight not again, not again, not again.

And don't it feel alright. and don't it feel so nice. Lovely.

Still I'm unable to inhale all the richesAs I'm awkward as a wound on my bonesStill I've got cobblestone joints and plate glass pointsAs I'm all by myself tonight not again not again

And don't it feel alright. and don't it feel so nice. Lovely.

Well if you should nervously break downWhen its time for the shakedown would you take itIt's when you cry just a little but you laugh in the middle that you've made itAnd don't it feel alright. and don't it feel so nice. Lovely.

Say it again. Lovely. So lovely. to do it againAgain. Loving again. It's coming again.Lovely.

Oh love it's a brittle madness, I sing about it in all my sadnessIt's not falsified to say that I found god so inevitably well, It still exists pale and fine. I can't dismiss And I won't resist and if I die well at least I tried

And we just lay awake in lust and rust in the rainAnd pour over everything we say we trustIt happened again, I listened in thru hallways and thin doorsWhere the rivers unwind, rust and in the rain endure.The rust and the rain are sinsAnd I'm in like Flynn again

So go on place your order now 'cause some other time is right around the clockYou can stand in line. it finally begins just around the clockYou can have your pick if your stomach is sick whether you eat or notAnd there is just one thing that I never forgot

And we just lay awake in lust and rust in the rainAnd pour over everything we say we trustIt happened again, I listened in thru hallways and thin doorsWhere the rivers unwind, rust and in the rain so easyThese are the comforts that be

You see well I'm feeling lucky oh well, maybe that's just meYou should be proud of me oh hell if you could only seeThat we're gonna grow on up to be, ah yes We are thick as thieves

Oh love it's a brittle madness, I sing about it in all my sadnessIt's not falsified to say that I found god Inevitably, well it still exists pale and fine I can't dismiss And I won't resist and if I die well at least I tried

And we just lay awake in lust and rust in the rainAnd pour over everything we say we trustIt happened again, I listened in thru hallways and thin doorsWhere the rivers unwind and the rust and the rain endure(the rust and the rain endure. I'm sure.)

I am insofar to know the measure of love isn't lossLove will never ever be insofar to know the measure of love isn't lossLove will never ever be lost on me.Love will never ever be lost on me.

And II'm dreaming of sleeping next to you and feeling like a lost little boy in a brand new townI'm counting my sheep and each one that passes is another dream to ashesAnd they all fall down.

And as I lay me down tonightI close my eyesWhat, what a beautiful sight

[Chorus:]Sleeping to dream about you And I'm so tiredOf having to live without youBut I don't mindSleeping to dream about you and I'm so tired

I found myself in the richesYour eyes, your lips, your hair and you were everywhereI woke up in the ditches, I hit the light and I thought you might be hereBut you were nowhere (you were nowhere)Well You were nowhere

And as I lay me back to sleepLord I pray that I can keep

[Repeat Chorus]

It's just a little a lullaby to keep myself from crying myself to sleep at nightOh just a lullabye to keep from crying myself to sleepOh just a, just oh, just a little lullabye,

Sleeping to dream about you And I'm so tiredOf having to live without youAnd I'm so tired

Did you get my message, the one I leftWhile I was trying to condense everythingThat I meant in a minute or less when I called to confessAnd make all of my stresses go bye-bye

Did you get my message, you did not guess'cuz if you did you would have called me with your sweet intentAnd we could give it a rest'stead of beating my breastMaking all of the pressure go sky-high

Do you ever wonder what happens to the words that we sendDo they bend, do they break from the flight that they takeAnd come back together again with a whole new meaningIn a brand new sense, completely unrelated to the one I sent

Uh oh, where did it go, must have bypassed your phoneAnd fallen right outta the window[Rachel Yamagata:] ooh well, how can I tell?Shoulda called the operator maybe she know the infoBut whether or not my message you got was too much or a lot to reply[Rachel Yamagata:] why not try this for a factShould you ever come back I'd relax and feel relievedBefore my panic attack

Did you get my message, the one that I leftWhile I was trying to condense everything that I meant[Rachel Yamagata:] Now the moment is passedNot much sand in the glass and I'm standing to lose my mindDo you ever wonder what happens to the words that we sendSo they bend, do they break from the flight that they takeAnd come back together again with a whole new meaningIn a brand new sense, and please be sympathetic to the time I spent

Did you get my message, oooh oooh oooohDid you get my message, oooh oooh oooohDid you get my message, yeah oooh oooh ooooh hoooDid you get my message[Rachel Yamagata:] no I didn't hear a word you saidDid you get my message[Rachel Yamagata:] no I'm not gonna believe your lies anymoreDid you get my message that I want to reconnect with youDid you get my message[Rachel Yamagata:] I can hear you say your coming but I don't hearWhy did you get the message love ?That I want to get back with youDid you get my message loveThat I want to reconnect with youWhy did you get the message love ?Did you get my message[Rachel Yamagata and Mraz:] That I want to reconnect with you

Would it take a bakers dozen to get my point to you?Or would it take a half a pound to roll a joint for you?Or would it take some hailing Mary'sSo full of grace to get my sound to you?Will you help me break it down and get on through?

Now to the other side, it's easy if you only try, try, try, tryWe don't lie down on the job oh yeahBecause once we hit the top there's no stopping us, noAin't no stopping us

Should I address all my letters to the well to be?Or should I say return to sender is just a well be done?Or should I better not take it so personallyIf all the good loving is never received?Baby if it was me well I wouldn't think twice

No not I, I, I, I, I, I, its easy if you only try, try, tryWe don't lie down well on the job or worse itBecause once we hit the top there's no stopping us, noThere is no stopping us, there is no stopping us no, no stopping us

Ooh I will drive a thousand miles or I'll meet you at the stationIf only you would take a vacation from this thing you have createdI promise to make it worth your whileYou know, you know that I'll try

So come on try try and baby baby won't you tryIt's easy if you do not runWell I promise you you'll have your fun funBecause once we hit the top we've just begunOoh, there's no stopping usThere is no stopping us yeah, there is no stopping us

You've got the best of both worldsYou're the kind of girl who can take down a manAnd lift him back up again

You are strong but you're needy, humble but you're greedyBased on your body language and shorty cursive I've been readingYou're style is quite selective but your mind is rather recklessWell, I guess it just suggests that this is just what happiness is

Hey, what a beautiful mess this isIt?s like picking up trash in dresses

Well, it kind of hurts when the kind of words you writeAnd kind of turn themselves into knivesAnd don?t mind my nerve you can call it fiction'Cause I like being submerged in your contradictions, dear'Cause here we are, here we are

Although you were biased I love your adviceYour comebacks they?re quick and probablyHave to do with your insecuritiesThere?s no shame in being crazy depending on how you take theseWords they're paraphrasing this relationship we?re staging

And it's a beautiful mess, yes, it isIt?s like we're picking up trash in dresses

Well, it kind of hurts when the kind of words you sayKind of turn themselves into bladesAnd the kind and courteous is a life I?ve heardBut it?s nice to say that we played in the dirt'Cause here, here we are, here we are

Here we are, here we areHere we are, here we areHere we are, here we areHere we are, we're still here

And what a beautiful mess this isIt?s like taking a guess when the only answer is yes

And through timeless words and priceless picturesWe?ll fly like birds not of this earthAnd tides they turn and hearts disfigureBut that?s no concern when we're wounded togetherAnd we tore our dresses and stained our shirtsBut it's nice today, oh, the wait was so worth it